MCZ Mammalogy 61007

Pteropus rufus rufus E. Geoffroy, 1803

Date Collected:

1873-01-01/1947-01-17

Africa: Madagascar: Atsimo-Andrefana | lower Fiherenana Valley, near Toliara (formerly Tulear)

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:61007 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Pteropus rufus rufus E. Geoffroy, 1803
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Chiroptera Pteropodidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration

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  • previous number: MCZ 45061

Part Condition Disposition Count
partial skeleton (dry) partial skeleton, includes radii, ulnae, humeri, 1 tibia, 1 scapula, clavicles, most metacarpals, a few manual phalanges, 6 ribs, 2 vertebrae, and skull elements (disarticulated, incomplete). Most epiphyses missing. Skull elements damaged. 1 rib broken in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: some bones with this specimen may belong to MCZ 45061 and vice versa

Attribute Value Determination On
age class juvenile By: Madeleine Mullon 2024-06-11
Remarks: fetal or juvenile

  • split from MCZ 45061, which was found to consist of two partial skeletons, one of an adult and one of a juvenile/fetus. The two are possibly related, but no confirmation. Juvenile was recataloged under this number. MM 11 Jun 2024

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Madagascar
  • State/Province:
  • Atsimo-Andrefana
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • https://sws.geonames.org/7670913 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • lower Fiherenana Valley, near Toliara (formerly Tulear)
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Madagascar
  • Georeference:
  • -23.331363°, 43.7303990° (Error radius: 34551m) By: Madeleine Mullon on 2020-09-09 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1873-01-01 / 1947-01-17
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Lower end of date collected range derived from collector's date of birth. Upper range derived from date specimen was received
  • Collector:
  • Grandidier Collection

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  • None

  • [Masked]

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